The effects of domain choice on summer precipitation simulation and sensitivity in a regional climate model

Journal of Climate

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2698-2712

  Seth, Anji ^a   Giorgi, Filippo ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOILS;

REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS;

RAIN;

AIR-SOIL INTERACTION; BOUNDARY; CLIMATE MODELING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUMMER;

MISSISSIPPI BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032194357     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1998)011<2698:TEODCO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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